"Plane Crazy Plane Crazy is an American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The cartoon, released in 1928 by the Walt Disney Studios, was the first creation of the character Mickey Mouse. It was made as a silent film and given a test screening to a theater audience on May 15, 1928, but failed to pick up a distributor. Later that year, Disney released Mickey's first sound cartoon, ""Steamboat Willie"", which was an enormous success. Following this, ""Plane Crazy"" was released as a sound cartoon on March 17, 1929. It was the fourth Mickey film to"
"and Ub Iwerks. Iwerks again served as the head animator, assisted by Johnny Cannon, Les Clark, Wilfred Jackson and Dick Lundy. This short was intended as a parody of Buster Keaton's ""Steamboat Bill, Jr."", first released on May 12 of the same year. Although it was the third Mickey cartoon produced, it was the first to find a distributor, and thus is considered by The Disney Company as Mickey's debut. ""Willie"" featured changes to Mickey's appearance (in particular, simplifying his eyes to large dots) that established his look for later cartoons and in numerous Walt Disney films. The cartoon was"
"technical innovation. In 1994 members of the animation field voted ""Steamboat Willie"" 13th in the book ""The 50 Greatest Cartoons"", which listed the greatest cartoons of all time. In 1998 the film was selected for preservation in the United States' National Film Registry for being deemed ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."" Mickey Mouse pilots a river steamboat, suggesting that he himself is the captain. He cheerfully whistles ""Steamboat Bill"" and sounds the boat's three whistles. Soon the real captain, Pete, appears and orders Mickey off the bridge. Mickey blows a raspberry at Pete, and then Pete attempts to kick him"
"and included the songs ""Steamboat Bill"", a composition popularized by baritone Arthur Collins during the 1910s, and ""Turkey in the Straw,"" a composition popularized within minstrelsy during the 19th century. The title of the film is a parody of the Buster Keaton film ""Steamboat Bill, Jr."" (1928), itself a reference to the song by Collins. Walt Disney performed all of the voices in the film, although there is little intelligible dialogue. While the film has received some criticism, it has also received wide critical acclaim, not only for introducing one of the world's most popular cartoon characters, but for its"
"Day"", Mickey and Mortimer get sent to the President's office to claim a million dollars. But Mortimer pretends to be Mickey and he is shown acting in ""Steamboat Willie"". In Toontown Online, one of the buildings on Silly Street is named """"Steamboat Willie""."" In the Goofy cartoon ""How to Be a Waiter"" (1999), Goofy is shown an example of a movie, and ""Steamboat Willie"" is shown. But in that short, ""Willie"" is a shortened version titled ""Steamboat Goofy"". The opening scene was parodied towards the end of ""Aladdin and the King of Thieves"" (1996). Genie, having been swallowed by the"
"being they were still employed by Disney. This short would be the last they animated under this somewhat awkward situation. Mickey was first seen in a test screening of the cartoon short ""Plane Crazy"", on May 15, 1928, but it failed to impress the audience and, to add insult to injury, Walt could not find a distributor. Though understandably disappointed, Walt went on to produce a second Mickey short, ""The Gallopin' Gaucho"", which was also not released for lack of a distributor. ""Steamboat Willie"" was first released on November 18, 1928, in New York. It was co-directed by Walt Disney"
"Pelican was introduced at a football game. The idea was quickly dropped, however, because of the expense of caring for a live pelican. In 1952, Willy the Wave made his debut. Willy has always had the head and ""hair"" of a wave, though he has gone through several costumes, including one with white hair representing the foam of a wave, and the early 1990s version which bore a strong resemblance to the Mac Tonight mascot of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese commercials at the time. In 1996, Willy was replaced with King Neptune as part of a re-branding effort. The nickname"
"Wonka exudes none of the gravity required for the role. It's as though he didn't take the role seriously. Rather than an intimidating candyman teaching brats a lesson, this Wonka is simply a freak."" Depp received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for his role as Willy Wonka, but lost to Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash in ""Walk the Line"". Willy Wonka Willy Wonka is a fictional character who appears in Roald Dahl's 1964 children's novel ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"" and its sequel ""Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator"". In"
"giant turtle which carried the Vanishing Isle upon its back, came back out of the turtle's mouth in the steamboat from this film and was even in Mickey's form, whistling ""Turkey in the Straw"". In a 2008 movie of the TV series ""Futurama"" called ""The Beast with a Billion Backs"" the opening is a parody of ""Steamboat Willie"". The beginning of series 2 of the TV series ""Alexei Sayle's Stuff"" (1989) shows a black and white animation entitled ""Steamboat Fatty"", a parody of ""Steamboat Willie"". In the "" ""anime, one of the episodes ""Steamboat Willies!"", is a play on the"
"Bill McCutcheon James William McCutcheon (May 23, 1924 – January 9, 2002) was an American character actor known for his roles in film, television, and theatre, several of which won him Emmy and Tony awards. McCutcheon was born in Russell, Kentucky, the son of Robert Kenna McCutcheon, who was a railroad conductor and Florence Louise (née Elam). McCutcheon's first major role was Leo the Leprechaun on ""The Howdy Doody Show"". He followed this appearance with a recurring role (from 1984 to 1992) as Uncle Wally on the PBS children's television series ""Sesame Street"", for which he won an Emmy. He"
"not only led to international fame for Walt Disney, but for Mickey as well. On November 21, ""Variety"" magazine published a review which read in part ""Not the first animated cartoon to be synchronized with sound effects, but the first to attract favorable attention. [""Steamboat Willie""] represents a high order of cartoon ingenuity, cleverly combined with sound effects. The union brought laughs galore. Giggles came so fast at the Colony [Theater] they were stumbling over each other."" The response led to the two previous ""Mickey"" films being reproduced as sound cartoons and given wide theatrical releases. The film has been"
"Luck Blackie"" (1949). While Avery preferred to focus on gags instead of characterization, he established several popular MGM cartoon characters, including Screwball ""Screwy"" Squirrel, the ""Of Mice and Men"" derived pair of George and Junior, and his best-known character, Droopy. Droopy, voiced by Bill Thompson (a.k.a. ""Wallace Wimple"" on NBC Radio's ""Fibber McGee and Molly"" show) debuted in 1943 with ""Dumb-Hounded"". He appeared in several more Avery cartoons (including ""Northwest Hounded Police"") before being officially given his own series in 1948 with ""Senor Droopy"". The influence of Avery's cartoons was felt across the animation industry; even Hanna and Barbera adapted"
"cabin boy Tom, pirates Willy and Barnabas, and Master Mate. His mortal enemy is Cut-Throat Jake, captain of the ""Flying Dustman"". Captain Horatio Pugwash made his debut in a comic-strip format in the first issue of ""The Eagle"" in 1950, then appeared regularly as a strip in ""Radio Times"". In 1957 the BBC commissioned a series of short cartoon films produced by Gordon Murray. Ryan produced a total of 86 five-minute-long episodes for the BBC, shot in black-and-white film, but later transferring to colour. Ryan used a real-time technique of animation in which cardboard cutouts of the characters were laid"
"The real first cartoon with synchronized sound, was My Old Kentucky Home. ""Steamboat Willie"" is especially notable for being the first Disney cartoon with synchronized sound, including character sounds and a musical score. Disney understood from early on that synchronized sound was the future of film. It was the first cartoon to feature a fully post-produced soundtrack which distinguished it from earlier sound cartoons such as Inkwell Studios' ""Song Car-Tunes"" (1924–1927) and Van Beuren Studios' ""Dinner Time"" (1928). ""Steamboat Willie"" became the most popular cartoon of its day. Music for ""Steamboat Willie"" was arranged by Wilfred Jackson and Bert Lewis,"
"New York"" (1928), the first all-talking full-length feature film. The animated short film ""Dinner Time"" (1928) by the Van Beuren Studios was among the first animated sound films. It was followed a few months later by the animated short film ""Steamboat Willie"" (1928), the first sound film by the Walt Disney Animation Studios. It was the first commercially successful animated short film and introduced the character Mickey Mouse.""Steamboat Willie"" was the first cartoon to feature a fully post-produced soundtrack, which distinguished it from earlier sound cartoons. It became the most popular cartoon of its day. For much of 1928, Warner"
"going for. The Kirk mask did, resulting in the crew selecting it for the film. However, in the opening scene to ""The Dark Knight"", Heath Ledger's Joker character is seen waiting to cross a busy Gotham City street holding an Emmet Kelly mask, which he is later seen wearing during a bank robbery. Emmett Kelly Emmett Leo Kelly (December 9, 1898March 28, 1979) was an American circus performer, who created the memorable clown figure ""Weary Willie"", based on the hobos of the Depression era. Kelly began his career as a trapeze artist. By 1923, Emmett Kelly was working his trapeze"
"rudimentary plot, unlike most of the Merrie Melodies of the time, which barely have any plot at all. The cartoon stars the Mickey Mouse-esque Piggy, his girlfriend Fluffy, and a canine Uncle Tom. The film opens with a singing steamboat dancing down a river. On the deck, three blackface caricatures play the song for which the short is named on the harmonica, banjo, and bones. Meanwhile, Uncle Tom drives Fluffy toward the boat by donkey cart. The scene shifts to Piggy the riverboat captain in a sequence reminiscent of Disney's 1928 film ""Steamboat Willie"". Fluffy joins the frolicking steamboat passengers"
"Boner"" and ""Hunger Strife"", they were not ""true"" Willoughbies. Inspector Willoughby Inspector Willoughby is a cartoon character created by Walter Lantz, and named after the Hollywood avenue which runs alongside the building where Lantz's office was housed (at 861 Seward Street). In ""Mississippi Slow Boat"" (1961) the character is addressed as Inspector Seward Willoughby. His cartoons were often shown on ""The Woody Woodpecker Show"" alongside Woody Woodpecker, Chilly Willy and Andy Panda. Inspector Willoughby (AKA Secret Agent 6 7/8) was a secret agent with droopy eyes, a bushy mustache, and laconic voice. He solved mysteries and fought crime. He was"
"Princess Mindy, King Neptune and Dennis, respectively, and David Hasselhoff would appear as himself. Johansson accepted the role because she likes cartoons and was a fan of ""The Ren & Stimpy Show"". When Jeffrey Tambor signed for his voice cameo, he saw his character (King Neptune) and joked, ""This is me."" He remembered the first cartoon he saw, ""Bambi"": ""My first cartoon, I had to be carried out crying [...] It was ""Bambi"". It's like the great American wound: the death of Bambi's mother. 'Run, Bambi, run!'"" Another guest voice was Alec Baldwin; Stephen Hillenburg said that the actor recorded"
"Inspector Willoughby Inspector Willoughby is a cartoon character created by Walter Lantz, and named after the Hollywood avenue which runs alongside the building where Lantz's office was housed (at 861 Seward Street). In ""Mississippi Slow Boat"" (1961) the character is addressed as Inspector Seward Willoughby. His cartoons were often shown on ""The Woody Woodpecker Show"" alongside Woody Woodpecker, Chilly Willy and Andy Panda. Inspector Willoughby (AKA Secret Agent 6 7/8) was a secret agent with droopy eyes, a bushy mustache, and laconic voice. He solved mysteries and fought crime. He was very similar to Tex Avery's Droopy in voice and"
"a wooden life boat, into the cage of ""Wally the Trained Walrus,"" who, now free, bites the rapscallion's behind & chases him into a lower deck. Buddy pulls the villain back up with the ship's wench, & positions him such that the ship's rudder continually bumps his posterior. Buddy and Cookie celebrate together, but part to allow some proper revelry to the true champion, Wally. Buddy's Show Boat Buddy's Show Boat is an American animated short film produced by Warner Bros. and released by RKO on December 9, 1933. It is a ""Looney Tunes"" featuring Buddy, the second star of"
"sell his Moon roadster in order to finance a second recording. This was a success with the addition of a filmed bouncing ball to keep the tempo. ""Steamboat Willie"" premiered at Universal's Colony Theater in New York City on November 18, 1928. The film was distributed by Celebrity Productions and its initial run lasted two weeks. Disney was paid $500 a week which was considered a large amount at the time. It played ahead of the independent feature film ""Gang War"". ""Steamboat Willie"" was an immediate hit while ""Gang War"" is all but forgotten today. The success of ""Steamboat Willie"""
"World Wants to Wish You) Happy Birthday Mickey Mouse"". Mickey's 50 Mickey's 50 is a 1978 television special honouring the 50-year anniversary of the debut of Walt Disney's animated character Mickey Mouse. The show aired on NBC on November 19, 1978, one day after Mickey's official birthday, as a special 90-minute edition of ""The Wonderful World of Disney"". This show covers the history and career of Mickey Mouse from his humble beginnings in the first Disney sound cartoon ""Steamboat Willie"" to his popularity in the 1930s, his presence on television through ""The Mickey Mouse Club"", and his role as the"
"M. Emmet Walsh Michael Emmet Walsh (born March 22, 1935) is an American character actor and comedian who has appeared in over 200 films and television series. He appeared in the Coen Brothers' first film, ""Blood Simple"" (1984). He also appeared in such other films as Carl Reiner's comedy ""The Jerk"" (1979), Ridley Scott's science fiction film ""Blade Runner"" (1982), and Brad Bird's animated film ""The Iron Giant"" (1999). Walsh was born in Ogdensburg, New York, the son of Agnes Katharine (""née"" Sullivan) and Harry Maurice Walsh Sr., a customs agent. He is of Irish descent. He was raised in"
"the most published comic book character in the world outside of the superhero genre. Donald Duck rose to fame with his comedic roles in animated cartoons. Donald's first appearance was in 1934 in ""The Wise Little Hen"", but it was his second appearance in ""Orphan's Benefit"" which introduced him as a temperamental comic foil to Mickey Mouse. Throughout the next two decades, Donald appeared in over 150 theatrical films, several of which were recognized at the Academy Awards. In the 1930s, he typically appeared as part of a comic trio with Mickey and Goofy and was given his own film"
"Cloyd, little green men from the moon who were armed with scrooch guns; Captain Peter ""Wrongway"" Peachfuzz, the captain of the S.S. ""Andalusia""; various U.S. government bureaucrats and politicians (such as Senator Fussmussen, a recurring character who opposed admitting Alaska and Hawaii to the Union on the grounds of his own xenophobia); and the inevitable onlookers, Edgar and Chauncy. When first shown on NBC, the cartoons were introduced by a Bullwinkle puppet, voiced by Bill Scott, who would often lampoon celebrities, current events, and especially Walt Disney, whose program ""Wonderful World of Color"" was next on the schedule. Compared with"
"Dapper Denver Dooley Dapper Denver Dooley is a Walter Lantz character and Woody Woodpecker's rival. He was voiced by Dallas McKennon. Dapper Denver Dooley first appeared in the cartoon ""Square Shootin' Square"" in 1955. Dooley returns in 1957 to 1959 cartoons ""Box Car Bandit"", ""Dopey Dick the Pink Whale"", ""Misguided Missile"", ""Half Empty Saddles"", ""Jittery Jester"", ""Yukon Have It"" (Chilly Willy cartoon), ""Panhandle Scandal"" and ""The Tee Bird"". In these short films Dooley had more or less replaced Wally Walrus and Buzz Buzzard as Woody's primary foil. He, in turn would later be replaced in the role by Gabby Gator"
"to an anchor and hurls him into the ocean. The rope snags on the pier, demolishing first the pier and then the entire marina. The cartoon ends with Woody swimming away toward the horizon, pursued by Wally, and both of them pursued by the other beachgoers. ""The Beach Nut"" marked the debut of Woody Woodpecker's first steady foil, Wally Walrus. Voiced by actor Jack Mather, Wally became Woody's primary arch enemy until 1948, before being more or less replaced with Buzz Buzzard in ""Wet Blanket Policy"". Wally would become the most steady foil for Woody as Woody would lose more"
"Winsor McCay Zenas Winsor McCay ( – 1934) was an American cartoonist and animator. He is best known for the comic strip ""Little Nemo"" (1905–14; 1924–26) and the animated film ""Gertie the Dinosaur"" (1914). For contractual reasons, he worked under the pen name Silas on the comic strip ""Dream of the Rarebit Fiend"". From a young age, McCay was a quick, prolific, and technically dextrous artist. He started his professional career making posters and performing for dime museums, and in 1898 began illustrating newspapers and magazines. In 1903 he joined the ""New York Herald"", where he created popular comic strips"
"only film which depicts a regular Disney character engaging with the enemy at war. Commando Duck Commando Duck is a Walt Disney cartoon starring Donald Duck. It was released on June 2, 1944 by RKO Radio Pictures. Donald Duck parachutes into the jungle of a remote Pacific island to wipe out a Japanese airfield undetected. His raft is caught beneath a waterfall and starts inflating. He makes sure the raft hits nothing that would pop it. When he gets to the edge of a cliff, he sees the airfield. The raft has already exploded, causing water to flow. This large"
"Thames Television and later, BBC1. At the beginning of series 2, in a sequence spoofing the creation of Disney's Mickey Mouse, a sketch reveals that Alexei Sayle is in fact a cartoon character. Viewers are shown a short extract from Sayle's very first animated appearance from 50 years previously, named ""Steamboat Fatty"" (spoofing ""Steamboat Willie"", the first Mickey Mouse cartoon), as well as Mouseketeer-esque children dancing around wearing bald wigs. An edited version of this sketch became the title sequence for series 2. Series 1's titles feature a handsome young man arriving at BBC Television Centre to the accompaniment of"
"prolific voice actor Billy West as Woody. ""Woody Woodpecker"" cartoons were first broadcast on television in 1957 under the title ""The Woody Woodpecker Show"", which featured Lantz cartoons bookended by new footage of Woody and live-action footage of Lantz. Woody has a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 7000 Hollywood Boulevard. He also made a cameo appearance alongside many other famous cartoon characters in the 1988 film ""Who Framed Roger Rabbit"". Woody Woodpecker and friends are also icons at the Universal Studios Theme Parks worldwide, as well as the PortAventura Park in the PortAventura World, Salou,"
"Dickie Dunn in the iconic 1977 hockey film ""Slap Shot"", and a college diving coach in the Rodney Dangerfield film ""Back to School"". M. Emmet Walsh Michael Emmet Walsh (born March 22, 1935) is an American character actor and comedian who has appeared in over 200 films and television series. He appeared in the Coen Brothers' first film, ""Blood Simple"" (1984). He also appeared in such other films as Carl Reiner's comedy ""The Jerk"" (1979), Ridley Scott's science fiction film ""Blade Runner"" (1982), and Brad Bird's animated film ""The Iron Giant"" (1999). Walsh was born in Ogdensburg, New York, the"